Obviously the Lakers would love this trade they make out like bandits. This deal isn't plausible for so many reasons. The obvious being as Mags said the Lakers cannot trade their 2014 pick until draft night. Secondly why does Detroit want to trade for the expiring contract of Gasol; both Monroe and Villanueva are better expiring contracts! The two smaller expirings are much easier to package in other trades since they have the option of trading one or both. Monroe's expiring is worth more than Gasol as Detroit will have Monroe's restricted free agency rights instead of the unrestricted Gasol who can leave for any team without compensation. One scenario I could definitely see is the Lakers trading Gasol at the deadline if the team is well under .500. I think they would be interested in expirings, a player on a cheap contract, and/or a draft pick with the intention of signing Gasol back next summer. That trade would also improve their 2014 pick.
I assume at worst Monroe would be a restricted free agent so he isn't a true expiring. But I agree with everything else you said.
I think what he meant is Monroe is a better free agent because they hold his QO. It has more value if a team really wants him. They could do a sign and trade or just let him walk. Both work out the same. Although. I'm sure gasol would get 9-10 mil the following season; as opposed to Monroe probably getting 12-13 mil.
If we trade away LaMarcus I don't see why we would be interested in Asik. Better to just let MyLe play and help our draft pick. We should explore getting rid of Batum and Matthews as well. I would look at something like getting unprotected Houston picks in 2015, 2017 and 2019. By then Howard could be a shell of himself. For the extra picks let them keep their darlene Parsons and have Asik go to a 3rd team for picks or guys on cheap contracts with more than a year left.
Because he's also talking about getting Monroe, who is strong offensively, but not good defensively. Asik would paid with Monroe, similarly to how we were wanting Asik to pair with Aldridge. An Asik/Monroe/Parsons frontline would be comparable production-wise to a Lopez/Aldridge/Batum, but less expensive, and with Lopez still there as a backup.
Well that’s where I have a big disagreement. I think that would be a significant step back and for sure put us into the lottery. Monroe is putting up offensive stats on a terrible team, and he is not good defensively. Asik is similar to Pryzbilla, a nice player on one end of the court but terrible on the other. LaMarcus contributes on both ends, that is exponentially more valuable than a pair of one-way players. I’d rather just let LaMarcus walk in two years.
I don't like this trade. I'm not against trading but that's just awful. Monroe is not even a proven All Star. I do
If we let Aldridge walk; how does that help us? I do agree that Monroe is less than Aldridge, and batum is more than parson; but asik is a good prize; IMO. Then we can trade Leonard and Possibly freeland for picks. Yes we go to the lottery; but we have a younger core; excluding asik of course. You can build a good line around Lillard and have our pick, plus picks we obtain from trades. Remember that I've only offered these deals if we know for sure Aldridge wants out. There is no sense in losing our draft pick, plus not obtaining picks in next summer's draft; which is the strongest it's been since lbj year. Also, maybe it's best to have a clean slate. Batum and Matthews are part of the Roy, Aldridge and oden era. Maybe it's time to flip the page?
After watching the scrimmage last night, I will agree that Monroe is decent. Certainly no Faried when comes to grabbing rebounds. But overall a sound BB player. So my advice to Detroit is to keep him and trade us Drummond. Drummond looked better last night than he did in the summer league. Monroe is solid but does not really excite me. Drummond looked better to me than DMC. He may not have the same skills, but Cousins is such is dick. IMO he is going be a headache where ever he goes.
I don't think Detroit will part with Drummond. For one; he's going to be cheaper because he's still on his rookie contract. The other is he will probably be one of the better defensive centers in the league that still is capable of being an offensive threat. Monroe will likely get 11-13 mil per next summer.
Portland would do it in a heart beat. I think Detroit would easily do it. Houston is the question because they wouldn't have a pg. of course them getting Monroe is a huge plus. They just need a point to get their offense going
Detroit would, but I don't know if Houston would. Yeah, they save money, but I don't know if they would give Lin, Asik, and Motiejunas just for Monroe and cash savings. Houston would still have Patrick Beverley, but they wouldn't have a backup.
Patrick Beverly showed a lot of promise in the playoffs I thought. And they could also sign a guy like Mo Williams or Beno Udrih for very little.
Well we'll never know because it ain't happening lol unless Olshey, Dumars, and Morey are on here in disguise. I just like the trade because we don't lose any core pieces though and we become a forceful deep frontcourt.
